The fires have swept through over 40,000 acres so far. Officials report that at least 24 people have died.

Critical fire weather is expected to continue until Wednesday at the earliest, increasing the risk that fires will spread further.

Partisans want to blame things like “wokeness,” budgets or climate change for the disaster in Southern California. But it’s much more complicated.

A Ukrainian official says Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months ...